unpleased
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a word derived from
please.
pleaseadverb(used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly.
Example Sentences
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“I’m definitely very unpleased with the way I’m playing,” said Agassi, the No. 3 seed, after the embarrassing loss.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2013
But then we read on to a "cheap glaze," and we become unpleased in a hurry!
From Time Magazine Archive
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Whereupon Kenyon gathered himself together, not unpleased at being disturbed, stood up gracefully and pulled back into the main stream.
From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton
Merriton, prepared by the convenient glass for the appearance of one was nevertheless not unpleased to see the other.
From The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by Walter De Maris
We can see that Michelangelo was not unpleased with the result; and the statue must have been finished soon after the New Year.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds